Kacheguda Railway Station under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station on Indian Railways. This imposing structure was built in 1916 by the Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam.
Kacheguda railway station in Hyderabad division of the SCR has achieved 100 percent energy efficiency by replacing 1,312 conventional lights with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, 370 ceiling fans with Brushless DC Electrical (BLDC) motors energy-efficient fans and 12 air conditioners with energy efficient inverter type ACs, the SCR statement said.
With the provision of these energy efficient LED luminaries, BLDC fans, and Inverter type AC units, it will save about 1.76 Lakh units and Rs. 14.08 Lakhs per annum with reduction of the connected load by 46.18 kW for Railways.
SCR general manager, Vinod Kumar Yadav, complimented divisional railway manager of Hyderabad division, Arun Kumar Jain, on the achievement. The statement added that Kacheguda is a “historic and the most beautiful” railway station building on SCR and one of the landmarks of Hyderabad city.
The initiative was possible on account of the efforts of Shri V. Venkata Ramana, Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, and Shri P. Prem Kumar, Senior Section Electrical Engineer, Kacheguda, Hyderabad Division who put in extensive efforts which made it possible to achieve this distinction.
The Kacheguda Railway station is a historic and the most beautiful Station building on South Central Railway and one of the landmarks of Hyderabad city which has completed 100 years. Situated in the Heart of the city of Hyderabad.